048 The Prince Can’t Sleep (1)
“Is that all you have to say?”
“Yes, that’s all.”
To the prince’s blunt question, Kristel gave a fresh answer.
It was like the members of Joongong-Nara who completed the cool deal.
It’s not as romantic as I thought…
I thought that the two main characters of Ropan would know better than me, who is a single mother.
“Then let’s go back.”
Prince Sedric chin lightly.
Christel quickly bowed down and moved away from the carriage.
As I was thinking about going back together, I also remembered that the prince had a business.
After checking Kristel’s shrinking back, I approached the carriage.
“Prince, I have something to tell you.”
He raised an eyebrow without saying a word. He was really good at body language.
I spoke slowly.
“Cardinal Boutier must have given it to me, but I think I will have to tell it with my own words.”
The prince will know that I have agreed to cooperate with him.
I don’t know if it will be of any meaningful help, but I declared that I would help him win the ‘Great Swordsmanship’ and get the ‘Heroes of Mars’.
However, he never spoke directly to the person concerned.
I thought it would be good to clearly state my motives and intentions this time.
I first looked into the eyes of David, the servant who was sitting opposite the prince.
“It’s about Sadie, is it okay for David to listen together?”
“Collock, Collock! Cologne! Whoops!”
David started coughing violently.
He took a handkerchief from his bosom with a very bewildered face, covered his mouth and continued to cough.
“David, are you okay? Shall I call Tae-eui?”
When a middle-aged man made a sound of suffocation, I was really worried.
At my question, he shook his head and spit hard.
“Spit, Kollock! I heard Saree, KKK KK LK! Don’t worry, cool!”
“David knows, so there’s nothing to be conscious of.”
The prince said softly.
After all, he was someone who had been taking care of the prince for a long time, but he couldn’t have known that he had an illegitimate child.
I shook my head and looked left and right.
Everyone was busy preparing for departure, and there was no one near the prince’s carriage.
My voice got smaller.
“I am nominally participating in the Great Subjugation of Demon Beasts as a confessional priest, but I hope that the prince will obtain a spear. That god… You will write it for Sadie.”
He immediately frowned.
The prince looked like he wanted to say something, but he couldn’t speak as easily as someone who didn’t know exactly what to say and where to start.
I was just worried, so I added a question.
“Am I wrong?”
“…theoretically, it makes sense.”
After a while, he answered lowly. If it’s right, it’s right, and what’s theoretically right?
I clicked his tongue at his insincere reply and said the most important sentence.
“Then I will help you somehow. I don’t want the prince’s son to get sick anymore.”
“Now what?”
“Prince Jesse?”
At that moment, I heard the voice of the coachman looking for me from afar.
Now it seemed it was really time to leave.
Also, I didn’t want to hear that I was late because of me, so I hurriedly bowed down to the prince and moved on.
Last time I saw David, he had his face buried in his handkerchief, but he felt a little uncomfortable whether he was really working.
*
“Prince, I see the lord’s castle over there!”
– quiver
Canael cried out in a bright voice.
I supported Demi’s black stomach as she climbed out the window so she could see outside.
Benjamin also followed Canael’s fingertips and looked away.
“Wow······.”
“It is very different from the Imperial Palace. The castle of the Marquis Duhem is a place with a very long history.”
Benjamin graciously explained.
It was a landscape of admiration.
The feudal lord of Marquis François Duhem, covered with a gentle mist like a cloak, boasted a noble and dignified figure.
Behind the castle, which was entirely brownish-gray, there was a large, sharp mountain range resembling the fangs of a beast.
It looked just like a magnificent folding screen with a few pieces of cloud on the top.
After three days of driving away from the village of Lucca, we finally arrived at the Marquis of Duem.
“The ecliptic is generally flat, but there are many mountains to the east.”
“Yes. There is a large mountain range on the way to the border. Except for the southern tip of the empire, where rivers flow, most of the eastern part is like this.”
Saying that, Benjamin was like an experienced tour guide.
Every time he taught me something, he seemed happy, so if I had any questions, I would ask him and get answers.
“Hye-gum is probably stuck over there. It’s so far away that you can’t see it very well.”
He added, and pointed his finger at the plain in front of Yeongjuseong.
Plants resembling reeds swayed to the beat of the wind.
I nodded my head and looked intently at the approaching Youngjuseong.
Also, I thought it would be better if Eunseo and hyung could see it together.
“You can rest well at Yeongju Castle until tomorrow, Prince. There is a welcome party hosted by the Marquis Duhem today, but the scale will be small as the Crown Prince doesn’t like crowds. The Great Beast Subjugation will start in the morning of the next day.”
Canael gave me the schedule.
“I’m talking about the prince.”
I frowned slightly and opened my mouth.
“Aren’t you a little weird these past few days?”
The two tilted their heads at my words. No, I can’t be the only one who felt this.
“It’s usually like that, but it seems like you’ve been particularly cold for the past three days or so. Did you not stir-fry the masters of each inn you stayed in, and wield your sword in the yard day and night?”
“Well.”
“I do not know······.”
The reaction was pretty cool.
“Since what happened in the village of Lucca, it is understandable that he looked through the inn books of other villages or put pressure on the owners.”
Benjamin calmly replied. That’s what I agreed with.
As someone who would later become emperor, the Claudine Green incident would have been unacceptable, and he would have feared that the same evil would be repeated.
Even so, the prince’s words and actions were much colder than usual.
Rice doesn’t fit in your mouth?
“and······.”
Canael took his luck carefully.
“Your Majesty the Prince was like that, Prince.”
“yes?”
“Come to think of it, it seems that the prince has softened a lot from the time he entered the palace.”
did that soften up? Seeing my expression, Benjamin was ambiguous.
“It was rare for a person to be able to add even simple words to His Majesty. His Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty the Cardinals, Sir Elizabeth and Sir David. Even the Marquis Duhem used to be quiet in front of His Majesty.”
“There is also a nickname given to His Majesty in ＜Biweekly Lister>. Was it ‘a nobleman under the freezing point’…”
My hands and feet shriveled.
I thought it was the work of Sir Beliard, who likes to make strange nicknames…
“At the same time, over there, I see the Marquis Duem.”
Benjamin beckoned. I looked out the window again.
There, there was a man with his pale pink eyes twinkling like cherry blossoms and greeting him with colorful arm movements.
That guy is still there.
*
“Once again, I warmly welcome you and the Crown Prince to my castle. thank you!”
“Long live His Majesty the Prince!”
“Cheers!”
As Marquis François Duhem raised his wine glass in a cool cry, thunderous applause and shouts erupted.
The marquis, a genius of recreation, created a bright and lively atmosphere with the prince, who did not say a word, as the main guest.
It’s the first time I’ve seen someone like that in my life.
As Canael said, not many were invited to the reception.
It seemed that there were only about 50 people including me, the prince’s party, the people of the marquis and his aides.
Sitting at the end of the long VIP seat in front of the banquet hall, I was devouring myself while enjoying a seat in the corner.
To my left sits Sir Elizabeth.
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On the velvet of the VIP seat, Marquis Duhem and Christel were seated, and they were already drinking.
Mixing wine with beer…
“It’s basically like a treasure hunt in the mountains.”
“Sir Elizabeth, the beast is not a treasure.”
“But every time you catch one, your score goes up, and if you get the highest score, you win. It is nothing more than a treasure.”
The lieutenant colonel smiled broadly and sipped Sherry.
After arriving at the Marquis, Sir Elizabeth, who had finally left work, was enjoying her drink as fresh as the day after the spring ball.
Although she said that she had never watched the Great Subjugation of Demon Beasts since joining the Imperial Guard, she was memorizing the rules and methods of the tournament like an imperial nobleman.
“You must have seen a great mountain range as you came. There is a large cave at the lowest peak, which we call ‘Duhem Dungeon’.”
Dungeon······. It’s a worldview that really has everything.
I chewed on the soft roast duck and waited for the next words.
The juice is also juicy, and the bigarard sauce that came with it was so delicious.
“The beasts of the dungeon come out at this time of the year and attack the lord and surrounding cities. Every year, different types of beasts appear, so it is of no use even if you make a barrier. Some of them must escape the mountain. That is why the contest that starts on the mountain ends in the Yeongjuseong Plain.”
I knew this too.
Even if the imperial family and nobles attack in groups, there are beasts that run away from time to time, but it is said that they will always approach the magic sword of Mars at least once.
It was to feel an instinctive rejection of the gods and attack them.
“Those who catch a lot of beasts have an advantage, but usually the person who catches the biggest and most ferocious beast gets extra points. It’s quality over quantity.”
“okay.”
As I answered, I glanced at the prince sitting to the left of Sir Elizabeth.
There was not a single smile on his handsome face.
It seemed that the original low pressure one came south and became a tropical cyclone.
“Do you think the prince can win?”
“of course.”
Sir Elizabeth answered immediately.
“It is heartbreaking to admit it, but the Emperor is the only one who can defeat His Majesty by force at present.”
“It’s because you’re not feeling well these days.”
“Your Majesty?”
She looked to her left with her gray eyes wide open.
The prince, who felt his gaze, looked at us.
His eyes were still ferocious, and no matter how much he looked at it, he looked tense with the pressure of winning.
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Other than that, I couldn’t understand Yosai’s sharp attitude.
I lightly ignored the orange gaze and drenched my throat with orange juice.
Baby, give me a tee of twenty-four.
*
“…you believed me to be my son.”
“Ouch! Finally got it! Ha ha ha ha ha!”
Elizabeth let out a laugh and a scream at the same time.
As the VIP drawing room was about to leave, she slammed her face into the sofa cushion that David had hurriedly handed her.
If the sound was too loud, the Marquis Duhem might come over to laugh and laugh.
Elizabeth almost cried and slapped David’s forearm, standing next to him.
The servant endured her hand with the stamina that had been strengthened over the years.
“David, how have you been patient? Why was I the only one who knew this funny thing?”
“Count So, I am confident that it was the biggest challenge of my life.”
“ah! what should we do! Prince Jesse!”
“George.”
Cedric called her middle name in a boiling voice.
I meant to do it in moderation, but Elizabeth couldn’t stand it and buried her head in the cushion again.
Even when Prince Jesse made such a misunderstanding, he almost fainted from laughter, but when he finally found out the story, his stomach felt like he was about to explode.
This, this was really overdone. Tears came pouring out.
“I, heck, I said. If you are like me, I would rather confess the truth than be misunderstood.”
“…why don’t you think it’s the same person?”
“What else are you talking about! You’d rather be caught?”
Elizabeth was now pointing and sobbing.
The prince looked down at his close friend with a complicated mind.
In fact, I have been in a state of turmoil for the past three days.
He didn’t know whether to be angry with Elizabeth, who had hid this misunderstanding until now, or whether to treat the prince who dared to assume that he had an illegitimate child.
It was he who didn’t listen to her hints, and he was also the one who bet on the prince’s favor.
It’s such an indeterminate state of uncertainty.
Isn’t this the same as when you turned into a child?
“Hmm, hmm. But the prince doesn’t understand either? There are various symptoms of ether depletion, but the one you are experiencing is unique. It’s not even in the book.”
Elizabeth managed to clear her throat and continued.
“Besides, it’s a secret that you use ether. It makes sense to believe that it is someone else.”
“After all, it’s my fault.”
“Uh-huh, uh-huh. ugh.”
Count So began to print tears on the cushion again. The prince let out a small sigh.